THE
SNIPERS - THREE PEACE SUITE
Whilst it was always
nice to break even so as to at least cover costs, turning a profit
was apparently of little concern to Crass Records which was just as
well really, as the next release on the label would prove to be
another financial loss for them.
Three Peace Suite
by The Snipers was a record ploughing a very minimalist seam and were
it not for the production of Penny Rimbaud, to be truthful, it was so
minimalist that it would have been quite flat and even, perhaps,
quite boring.
As a band, The
Snipers were like one that might be seen at a free festival in the
middle of the night on some ramshackle stage, their amps powered by a
car battery, playing to whoever might be walking by at the time. Not
that this would be a bad thing, of course, but for such a band to be
plucked from such obscurity and have a record released by Crass was
fortunate in the extreme.
Sadly, whilst being
worthy, the end result was neither innovative nor very exciting.
Were Crass, or
rather Crass Records, losing their way?
Thank heavens, then,
for the Subhumans, who like a troop of cavalry were soon to suddenly
appear on the hill to come riding to the rescue...
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